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Largest known comet is heading close enough to us to become visible By Ashley Strickland, CNN enablePagination: false endIndex: (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered the largest known comet, and it's about a thousand times more massive than others. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, so named because it was found by University of Pennsylvania department of physics and astronomy graduate student Pedro Bernardinelli and Professor Gary Bernstein, is between 62 to 124 miles (100 to 200 kilometers) across. The team announced the discovery in June. This unusual comet will make its closest approach to o...

Largest known comet has been traveling for millions of years NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Sp J. da Silva/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA This illustration shows Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein as it might look in the outer solar system. By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have discovered the largest known comet, and it’s about a thousand times more massive than others. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, so named because it was found by University of Pennsylvania department of physics and astronomy graduate student Pedro Bernardinelli and Professor Gary Bernstein, is between 62 to 124 miles (100 to 200 kilome...

Chile: descubren el cometa más grande de la historia astronómica Gracias al análisis de datos aportados desde el Observatorio Astronómico Cerro Tololo en Chile, se pudo identificar el cometa más grande del que se tenga noticia. Estará cerca del Sol en el 2031 25/07/2021 • 17:32 El descubrimiento se hizo el pasado 19 de junio. (Foto: ISTOCKPHOTO/THINKSTOCK) 1 El cometa de más grande del que se tenga registro en la historia de la humanidad se identificó el pasado 19 de junio. Fue gracias a los datos obtenidos desde el  Observatorio Astronómico Cerro Tololo, ubicado en el Valle ...

Learn more about how we fact check." data-original-title="">Fact checked We make every effort to ensure that the information on FreeNews is accurate. Double-check the details that are important to you before concluding. Learn more about how we fact check. 420 Views Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 UN271) will not come close to the Sun for another 10 years, but this object is already showing signs of life. Astronomers at the Las Cambres observatory took an image of C/2014 UN271 on the evening of June 22, 2021, confirming that the object is an active comet. The approaching Oort cloud obje...

Astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein from the University of Pennsylvania discovered the comet, which is a relic from the Oort Cloud – a bunch of leftovers kicked out of the solar system by Jupiter about 4 billion years ago or so. “Once in a while one of them gets knocked towards us and when it gets close to us, starts to evaporate, grows a tail and we call it a comet,” Bernstein told Morning Report. It has to have a tail – a cloud of gas and dust called a 'coma' – to be identified as a comet, otherwise it would be an asteroid.